What is ANES?

To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

ANES data enable researchers to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes. Central to this mission is the active involvement of the ANES research community in all phases of the project. Read More...

Thank you to all Online Commons Proposers

The Online Commons proposal forums for the fourth study of the 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study (EGSS) and 2012 the Time Series Study are now closed. On behalf of the ANES Principal Investigators, Board and staff we would like to thank everyone who submitted proposals. Your creative and innovative contributions will facilitate discussion as we develop the instruments for these next two important studies.

The ANES Board will be reviewing the proposals in preparation for the October Board Meeting. We expect to be in the field with EGSS4 in the first quarter of 2012.  We will be in contact with proposal authors as we get closer to the field periods for both EGSS4  and the Time Series.  Information will be shared with the proposal authors and posted to the website as it becomes available.

New release of the Time Series Cumulative Data File

The new August 25, 2011 version of the Time Series Cumulative Data File is now available. The current version was released to correct most of the errata. You can read details on the errata page or visit the study page to read an overview about the Time Series Cumulative Data File.

Please visit the Data Center to be sure you are using the most up-to-date version.